Friday, October 4, 2013

Oh, whoa is me. I kept trying to drink coffee and tea---with cream.
So bad.
My poor tummy definitely paid for it.
So I just drank tea. Because I do love tea (twig tea, especially) plain. But I can't drink black coffee. Let's just say yuck.
So I was at our little local natural foods market and lo and behold, I happened upon this tea I'd never seen before: Roastaroma. I think though, since it's made by Celestial Seasonings, you should be able to find it at pretty mainstream markets, too.
Wow! I took a chance on it because I wanted something I could actually truly enjoy adding almond milk to (I tried and tried with coffee, and while it was good, it took so much for me to make it 'right' that the entire cup was cold and kind of chalky by the time I was done pouring, haha). So this tea (it's actually a coffee subsitute) is totally not weird---kind of along the lines of "tee-cino" but soooo much better! It actually tastes great with the almond milk added in, you don't need that much, and if you are indeed trying to 'get off' coffee, it has a really lovely, nutty, rich flavor. It's an herbal tea, so also uncaffeinated. Yay!
But the cream issue. I've finally found an awesome nondairy creamer substitute (and it's not nutritionally scary) for coffee! It's so wonderful and tastes completely normal. The best part? If you buy the "original" flavor, you don't have to bolus for it because it's only 1gram of carbohydrate per tablespoon!
I'm working really hard lately to decrease my grain and dairy intake. I decided that in order to make that process easier, I'd pinpoint the foods I have the hardest time with (aka, that I'm addicted to) and focus on finding healthier substitutes that work with my body's needs, or healthy ways to eliminate them from my diet, if need be (as with gluten and milk products, I've found.) It's a process that must be done slowly, otherwise we all just end up bingeing, EEK!

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Reem is a mama, adoptee, people watcher, image maker, culturally infused and enthused reader and writer. She's lived with type 1 diabetes since she was 27, works on joyful revolution, and speaks enough Swahili to get herself into trouble. She lives in the Land of Enchantment.

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This blog is about living with Type 1 Diabetes (if you are not 100% sure of what it is, I beg of you to click that link). My approach centers strongly on the use of true integrative medicine--the merging of the best of both worlds. While western medicine saves my life every day, my leanings toward an otherwise natural medicine approach maintains, balances, and improves my health overall.

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